How To Install Vinyl Siding Finish Trim

Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding.

How to install vinyl siding finish trim.

Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel.

Make vertical cuts on the siding panel with saw or snips. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. Cut siding panel to fit under the opening.

Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Install side j channels flush with the lower face of the bottom j channel and with the top of the window casing. Then score horizontally with a utility knife and snap out section to be removed.

Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. This is our most comprehensive. Cut a tab in the bottom of the side j channels and fold under. Cut and install top j flush with the outer face of the side j s.

Nail the trim every 12 inches on center. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Miter or cut tabs at the ends.